Chair of Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment

• Religion as an aspect of diversity (religious prejudice, microaggressions)
• Religion and mental health (religious styles, religious struggles, leaving religion)
•  False memories
•  Personality Development and Disorders, Psychopathy

Scientific Articles

• Schredl, M., Burau, N., Kunkel, R. & Lanzl, J. (2020). Are negative attitudes toward dreams just the inverse of positive attitudes toward dreams? An Empirical Investigation. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 40(1), 8 –19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0276236619889553 

Grey literature

• Burau, N. P. (2022, 16. Dezember). Die großen und die kleinen Kirchen? Vielfalt leben – Gesellschaft gestalten, Blog der Bertelsmann Stiftung. https://blog.vielfaltleben.de/2022/12/16/die-grossen-und-diekleinen-kirchen/
• El-Menouar, Y. & Burau, N. (2022). Die Demokratie ermächtigt zum Engagement. In: Flucht und Engagement. Jüdische und muslimische Perspektiven. Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland (Hg.) Leipzig: Hentrich und Hentrich Verlag Berlin (Denkfabrik Schalom Aleikum, 1).

Conference Presentations

• 04/2025 4th German Psychotherapy Congress - Poster session ‘Diversity and mental health: Challenges and resources of marginalised groups’ with a poster presentation on the topic: ‘Subtile Botschaften, die den Safe Space untergraben: Religiöse Mikroaggressionen in der Psychotherapie und Beratung’
• 11/2024 2nd Research Workshop, Working Group Empirical Research on Faith, Psychotherapy and Counselling, Bad Liebenzell - with a contribution to the research project „Religiöse Mikroaggressionen in der Psychotherapie“ [‘Religious microaggressions in psychotherapy’]